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[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] junalmeida:
GSM triangulation does not guarantee that it will be precise enough. It depends on how many repeaters does your operator have around your area, and which antenna you are connected on the moment of the search, and this moment will never be the same on more than one application.

So, if not precise enough, you can try to hit Refresh again and again after a while.

About the GPS, not all applications use the same method to have a fix. Indeed, its possible to lock the GPS module for an specific application depending on the method that it uses. For exemple, you can set iGO to use directly the hardware port of your GPS module. That way, AFAIK, it will lock the module to itself, making other apps wait forever for a gps fix.

With my device (Samsung OMNIA II) I have experienced issues like this, that was solved with a simple soft-reset.

BTW, answering other posts, MySquare indicates that have a FIX when the GPS icon stops blinking and get solid.

Some HD2 users reports that it can never get a fix. I don't know why this is happening yet and I don't have enough debug data to wonder why yet.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Eduardo Valero:
FYI also on my HTC TD2. Hope you can find a solution for this.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] delaFuzz:
Mind you, the problem is not exclusive to HTC users, it comes in shapes and sizes as stated in this very thread.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] jav92:
how do i make the maps work??
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Jenson_P:
Junalmeida, are you going to implement the To-Do-List in a future version?

I read about it here: http://aboutfoursquare.com/foursquare-revamps-to-dos/

Oh and I'm happy to see the progress in your changelog :)

edit: Some ideas you could add in future versions, too:

- Flag venues as duplicate/mislocated/closed

- See which other users have checked in at a venue
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] bwnotredame06:
When should we expect a newer version 1.3 ?

or when is the premium version coming out ?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Taylormade71:
Deleted, my misstake.

//Taylormade
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] azlan96:
been getting this error today..

Uninstalled, Soft Reset, Reinstall, still the same
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Guilherme-rj:
1.3 not working

Version 1.3 is not working properly. Just downloaded from your site. Going back to 1.2.

Im using an OMINA LITE samsung...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] junalmeida:
Can you post some details of what went wrong?

Thanks.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] xspydaweb:
Errors as well...

It tells me that the servers are busy and try again in a few minutes, but I've been trying all day...also, it's sluggish and causes my phone to lag.

HTC HD2
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] junalmeida:
At the time of this post, www.foursquare.com is offline. So MySquare will not work until the server comes up again.

Thanks.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Guilherme-rj:
more details

Hi Junalmeida

I have tried several times. When the servers were down at least I was able to check some of the changes you made.

Well when I run mysquare 1.3 the software opens and freezes. It looks like it is processing (windows symbol is blinking). After about 3 or 5 minutes it display the error message saying it was not able to find my location.

With mysquare 1.2 it is finding my location after 4 seconds.

I'm using wi fi at home.

Thanks and hopefully you will be able to help.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] junalmeida:
See if this behavior persists. Thanks.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] delaFuzz:
OH YES! It works! What a treat! Gone are my problems, I even get a solid GPS lock indoors in a few seconds, and it finds my whereabouts accurately. Thanks a ton junalmeida, you made my day. Please bring the Premium version ASAP, as I would like to show my respect the money way :-) Also, I could live without the ads, as I'm using a small 320x240 landscape screen, and every millimeter counts.

I found one small problem, though: if I browse down one of my friend's friend list, when I get to a particular user, the application exits with an "Unknown error" (apparently I should install some NETCFv35 optional package to learn more about said error). This only happens with THAT user on THAT friend list. Suppose it might have something to do with a foreign character incompatibility in the user's name or so.

Anyway, just a minor nuisance for an otherwise 10/10 application. Superb job, junalmeida!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] junalmeida:
Hey, i'm glad to see that you like! :)

Please, pvt me so we can exchange more details about the exception.

Thanks.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Jenson_P:
Finally GPS is working, the icon stops flashing and the bars are full!

I had the same problem with v1.3 freezing and/or being veeeery slow after starting it, now I did a complete uninstall with SK Tools and reinstalled v1.3. The only difference is that GPS is activated now (I deactivated it in v1.2, because it couldn't find any satellites). It seems to work now, but it can't connect to 4sq.

But maybe this is all related to yesterday's downtime, so I think we should wait if this problem gets solved automatically.

edit: Ok, I think it was a password-problem, after rewriting it in the settings, the app rocks now!

Thank you so much! :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Guilherme-rj:
Worked

I've downloaded again the cab file from your site.

Unistalled 1.2 using sktools and all registries entries

Installed 1.3

It worked !
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Guilherme-rj:
Thanks

Thanks Junalmeida

Just a few more questions:

When will we be able to use maps ?

Is there a plan to add the feature of communicating duplicated places ?

Rgds and congrats on your excelent work !
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] xspydaweb:
Linking to Facebook..

Does the linking to facebook and Twitter work? I have the option checked off but it doesn't seem to work.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Jenson_P:
Foursquare still had problems yesterday with their servers: http://status.foursquare.com/

But now it should work again, maybe you can try the linking thing again.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Eduardo Valero:
The new version 1.3.beta3 works much better! Also the GPS is ok now on my HTC TD2.

But, I very often get the error message:

Unknown error:

ThreadAbortException

Sorry for the inconvenience

and then the application quits.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] fantomex:
1.3beta3 is slow

I installed mySquare 1.3b3 on my Touch HD and it's soooo slow. It takes like 2 minutes to start, and 2minutes to get the venues list. The scrolling is so poor and slow.

For some reason it's even trying to enable wifi and connect via WiFi (I upgraded yesterday via free WiFi in some bar).

I am downgrading back to 1.2b2. :confused::confused::confused:

Edit

Wow: i completely uninstalled mySquare with SkTools and reinstalled it and now it's working like a charm!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] junalmeida:
Hey, thanks for your reporting. You are not alone with this problem, but it seems that it does not occurs always. I'm investigating if this occurs when internet connectivity is bad. So, please, to help me debugging, before opening mySquare, open www.google.com or any address on your phone's browser (I.E, Opera Mobile, etc) to have sure internet connectivity is fine (either with 3G or WiFi). If so, open mySquare and report results here again.

Thanks.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] fantomex:
I am always connected using 3G. The first time I used it yesterday, i was connected via WiFi.

After complete uninstall/reinstall using SkTools it started to work. Uninstall using standard methods didn't work.

I've been also using old shortcut (removed it and replaced it again). Dunno if this helped, but in case tehre were some command line parameters or something it may had. =)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] junalmeida:
It may be just coincidence, 'cause the shortcut does not have any parameters.

Here, I am always connected to 3G too, but it does not mean that the connection is working properly. I mean, it shows me that i'm connected to 3G but bits are not being exchanged due to bad reception.

It happens frequently here, most of times when i'm moving.

So, if you experience that again, make some kind of internet test and report again.

Thank you :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Jenson_P:
I think you're right with the bad internet connection.

If I use MySquare in the subway, it's nearly impossible to check in, either it doesn't connect to Foursquare or it hangs, freezes, reacts slowly ecc. I can load websites with Opera Mobile, but I think MySquare is not able to find my position within the subway-cells.

If I am outside it works fine most of the time, I actually had the same problem with turning on wi-fi and freezing my phone, but after a soft-reset this issue has gone.

Another thing I figured out: if I open MySquare and it connects to the internet via GPRS, my position is very far away from where I really am, somewhere in Germany.

Then I have to close down MySquare, open it again and the position is correct (not using GPS, because it doesn't find anything indoors). That's the same almost everytime I start MySquare.

If I open Opera Mobile, make a connection and then start MySquare, the position is correct, too.

So is it possible to let MySquare connect to the internet, wait 10 or 20 seconds and then let it search for a position via GPRS? I hope you know what I mean... ^^
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Guilherme-rj:
Problem again

Hi Junalmeida.

Yesterday I mentioned your 1.3 version was working but today I had the same problem... Too long to start and it freezes my wm.

Yesterday it worked while connected to my computer.

I'm using wi-fi now and the problem persist.

It seems there is a problem with wi fi... My connection is really good. No problems at all with any other applications.

Going back again to 1.2V
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] junalmeida:
Hi

You don't need to close it, just hit refresh button and it will poll your location again.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] junalmeida:
I'm investigating the wifi problems.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Eduardo Valero:
Hi,

I just tried the new 3.1beta1 version, and the 'exception' error seems to be gone now! :-)

However, still two things I noticed:

- when it has a GPS fix, it shows too many places in the far neighbourhood. I think this is only useful when not using GPS. With a GPS fix, it should only show the very nearby places to check in, no?

- I can not create a new place. I get the "hourglass" turning around for ages (application seems to be locked up)

Thanks for this great application!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] junalmeida:
Stolen Phone

Bad news,

My phone was stolen today here on this *Wonderful* City (Rio de Janeiro).

So, I will think about my new phone and the future of MySquare. But, for now, don't expect fast responses and updates.

I hope you understand. :mad:
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Guilherme-rj:
sorry

Hi Marcos.

Sorry for hear that.

Maybe we can gather some funds to help you buy a new one. It could be considered as premium users and pay you some money using our paypal accounts.

What do you say guys ? There are lot of people using his software and noone has paid yet.

Lets do a small contribution ???
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mearsfan5:
As my title states I've lost the Stock Launcher option...

I uninstalled a 3rd party launcher, and since then I've not had the option to use the Stock Android Launcher...

When I turn off Sense and go back to the home screen, Sense just starts back up.. I know longer get the Option screen to choose which to open...

How do I get this back?

Thanks!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nefariouss:
If the only launcher you have on there is Sense you won't get an option as far as I know. If you had just installed one third party one and then uninstalled it there is no more choice.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mearsfan5:
before installing that third party app I used to have the option for the Stock Android launcher...i'd disable Sense by going to Settings from the home scren, and choosing Applications, then choosing Sense, and force closing it, and de-selecting it as default... then when I'd press the Home button I'd get a choice "Android Launcher" or "Sense"...I no longer get this choice...

I'm totally new to Android.. I came from WInMo and there I'd just go to the registry to fix the problem:)

I have No idea what to do!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nefariouss:
Well shows what I know being new to Android as well. Didn't realize that. Thanks.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DarkManX4lf:
Try going into the menu, settings, applications, manage applications and then going to HTC sense and clearing its defaults. If you have another launcher installed it should come up now when you press the home button.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mearsfan5:
LOL I have been doing that..

Before I installed that third party app i would have two options, Sense and Android Launcher..with Android Launcher being the Stock launcher that you get on the nexus one... I would have no Launchers installed...

Evidently you all don't knwo you can Disable Sense and go to stock... I just want to go to stock again...
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DarkManX4lf:
Sorry I didn't know you were doing that already....and I do know you can switch launchers....anyway if you updated to one of the OTA updates, I think Sprint/HTC removed the stock launcher.

http://andranon.com/2010/06/28/new-htc-evo-4g-update-deleting-stock-android-launcher/
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mearsfan5:
well crap that answers my question... they took it away..(
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gordec:
Just got the Captivate, switching from Iphone 3Gs. Only issue I have with it is that the media player doesn't show Chinese, Korean, Japanese characters. Anyone knows a way to fix that?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] systoxity:
write to samsung, and/or use a diff media player that supports those characters. I know, half assed solution. Its just something to go on unitill someone with more knowhow helps ya out.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] littleasian:
i've played around with the original galaxy s i9000 and i know that supports asian languages (korean, japanese, chinese), so it seems that the ability has been removed from the phone (along with some other functions).

in the meantime, you can try installing this (code.google.com/p/android-traditional-chinese-ime) and see if it'll allow you to read the asian fonts. at the very least, you'll be able to type in chinese (google for additional font inputs).

we'll have to wait until 2.2 custom rom comes out before asian language support gets added back in :(
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sejin:
the vibrant has korean language. pisses me off since i'm korean
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lacheias:
Take a look at Simeji4. It should be on the Android market. Or you can go to "www dot adamrocker dot com". As for fonts, I'm not sure if the fonts installed in the captivate supports japanese.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] littleasian:
i think in general for android 2.1, the fonts should be installed just like they are for iOS but they were probably removed from the rom for the US release. its nothing a custom rom can't fix though
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cgm8:
My support chinese characters out of the box, be sure your mp3 tags are unicode..
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lacheias:
So can anyone confirm whether the captivate can handle "asian" fonts? Chinese, Japanese, Korean in Web pages, email client, etc?

I'm considering switching from blackberry but it's a deal breaker for me if it doesn't support the asian characters.

Please tell me if this is possible.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ConceptVBS:
Of course, it can handle asian fonts. Its just a matter of installing the right fonts on it in the first place. The international Galaxy S (reference design) is sold all over Asia.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pinoymutt:
You may want to check the actual media you are playing. Sometimes it's the mp3 tags that are jacked (as mentioned above). I have a lot of KPOP and JPOP on my Captivate and the characters (Korean and Japanese) show up fine in the media player.

I also have emails and notes that show up just fine in Chinese and Japanese characters without any extra fonts installed on the phone.

And for those asking about the browser (just tested this):

Japanese - YES

Korean - YES

Chinese - YES

But keep in mind, this is DISPLAY only. I don't believe there are any input methods (IME) by default for Asian languages, so you'll have to find those if you need to actually compose messages or enter things in those languages. The only workaround I have heard of us to use a translation site like Google Translate from English to the other language, and then cut and paste into another field (since Asian language cut and paste is supported).
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tabrisnow:
When you say Chinese, do you mean Simplified Chinese, or Traditional Chinese? Mine shows up fine for Traditional Chinese/Japanese/Korean. However Simplified Chinese does not showed up alright, I don't know whether it is unicode or not though.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] acrodex:
simplified chinese showed up fine, so check the tags of your mp3.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] acrodex:
There are 3rd party input method you can install, at least for Chinese.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pinoymutt:
I believe there are several good 3rd party Chinese and Japanese IME packages. Not sure about Korean (since most Samsung/LG phones sold in Korea probably already have it in their local ROM).
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] michintom:
For Korean input, I installed Korean keyboard from the android market and it's been working without any flaw for me.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lacheias:
Thanks pinymutt! That helps alot! If the display of asian characters is functional, installing the IME is not a big deal although it may take a bit of getting used to.

Thanks again!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] omriasta:
Hebrew

Not sure about Asian languages but I installed Hebrew fonts and it works system-wide (music player, browser, third party apps). It does require rooting the phone and a little command line work with adb to replace the fonts. Google install Hebrew on android and you should find the commands (am sure you can find the font files and respective commands for Asian languages as well).
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] washow:
For input, I downloaded the korean keyboard from the market and it works perfectly on browser and text.

Thought the default rom would have korean UI but guess not
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] killer23d:
I just made it by installing a i9000 Asian ROM on the Captivate and not lose any major functions. The stock i9000 ROM has Korean, Chinese (trad/simp), English on there.

If interested, PM me and I will write up a nice guide to do so.

This involve:

- Installing stock i9000 ROM

- Installing Reoriented Captivate kernel w/ Voodoo Ext4 & HSUPA modem

- Get Root, SU, ROM Manger, Busybox

Optional:

- Update Hosts file to skip ads

- Install Circle Battery meter w/ %

To do:

- Replaces Samsung Glass lock screen with stock lock screen (help please??)
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spook:
Just like on a windows system, you may need to find a way to set your locale to the Asian language of your choice. The system then assumes that if an MP3 tag or text file is not encoded in unicode, it will use the language set in the default locale to show the text.

Of course, converting the mp3 tag to unicode will help as well. ConvertZ will convert MP3 1.3 tags to unicode but it's unable to do it for MP3 1.1 tags.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mxk271:
I have a lot of Korean music and non of the actual file names in Korean shows up right. It shows up as weird mix of symbols. i have no idea how to know what a mp3 tag unicode is or how to change it... any help would be great. thanks
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] killer23d:
You need Asian firmware. I won't be touching any i9000 Asian firmware until official 2.2 is out soon. The kernel are out already so it is a matter of experimenting it.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FutureSix:
isn't it just possible to install a "locale" from any Galaxy S onto the captivate?... Saying that cause i want French Canadian on my cappy :D
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] modest_mandroid:
You don't need an asian firmware or whatever else people are floating. I'm running the leaked Android 2.2 rom (stock, non-cog) and I've never had a problem with asian characters (chinese, japanese, korean). You don't need to install extra fonts, or harass Samsung employees or anything else, your phone already supports east asian character sets.

Anyway, I'm dead sure it's just the id3 tags on your mp3 files. I have a bunch of Japanese music on my phone and all the titles show up fine in Samsung's media player (just as they did in stock 2.1).

The only thing you're really missing is the input method and the locale settings (2.2 actually has Korean, but is missing Chinese and Japanese), and those are simple enough to find in the market. I suggest Simeji if you're looking for Japanese, as someone has already suggested.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sayurann:
You should harass who removed the language pack in the first place... ATT is the one to blame to put ugly logo on such a nice phone, removing the language, the fonts, removing a lot of things compared to my friend's vibrant...
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] modest_mandroid:
What languages did they remove? Not trying to be an ass, just curious because I've never used a vibrant.
[Droid X General] romflash:
what do you think of the x
[Droid X General] pima:
i really like mine.its ok that the x cant be rooted and the only people that i hear say its to big is girls.but i allways thought they liked big things?
[Droid X General] ksizzle9:
Romflash,rr, whoever ur back! Good to see u. I switched from the dinc to the x. Like the x much better, love the feel, the ui overall is smoother when on the homeacreen on the dinc. But the x runs games like need for speed better than my ps3 lol. Now i will actually consider playing games on my android. DInc is gone and i wont look back. Goodluck if u decide to change.
[Droid X General] exempli_gratia:
Good, but with notable faults:

+ Great screen

+ Great keyboards

+ iphone-style text selection

~ Ok speed

~ Ok battery

- Poor speaker (too quiet)

- No zoom on mobile web pages (esp Goole)
[Droid X General] BmBoof:
I'm pretty sure the X has zoom on the browser. However the moblie Google doesn't zoom on any device. Test it on another page.
[Droid X General] romflash:
i probably wont change since i cant return the phone, and i dont want to get slammed with that early termination crap.

anyhow, the x looks promising, but is not for me. its too big, amd the ui is a bit clunky, but i am still concidering the x regardless.
[Droid X General] bagley:
I upgraded from an htc Fuse from at&t and i'm loving it. The switch from winmo to android has been exciting. The phone itself is amazing. I'm loving the speed. I thought the switch to a full touch keyboard would be hard, but i'm not missing the physical keyboard at all.

A lot of people have been complaining about motoblur, but it doesn't seem bad. That's probably just coming from my inexperience with android though.